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What is the smallest possible number?

What is the smallest possible number?-example-1

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Answer:

6

Explanation:

by the triangle inequality postulate, if you add two of the sides they have to be bigger than the third. You'd have an equation set up like this.

7+x>12 -----> x>5

the first whole number greater than 5 is 6

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